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එකම කතුවැකියක් තුළ “සුරූපී”, “රූමත් ගණිකා” හා “කුඩ්ඩෙක්”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-19)On June 14, 2024, the Divaina newspaper published an editorial that violated media ethics by using inappropriate language. The editorial included terms such as “Rumath” (රූමත්) and “Suruupi” (සුරූපී), which contribute to ... -
අරගලයේ ක්රියාකාරීන් එක්ව ‘ජන අරගල සන්ධානය’ නමින් නව දේශපාලන සන්ධානයක් ඇරඹීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් විකාශ සහ සිංහල පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-22)A new political alliance called the "People's Struggle Alliance" was launched on June 19, 2024, with the participation of a group of activists and civil society representatives involved in the recent ‘Aragalaya’ (struggle), ... -
පොලිස්පති තෙන්නකෝන් ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීම පිණිස වූ යෝජනා සම්මතය - ඡන්ද වීමසීම
(Manthri.lk, 2025-08-13)On 5 August 2025, Parliament held a vote to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, in accordance with Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002. The Resolution was carried ... -
Resolution to Remove IGP Tennakoon - Voting Breakdown
(Manthri.lk, 2025-08-13)On 5 August 2025, Parliament held a vote to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, in accordance with Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002. The Resolution was carried ... -
"සුරූපී" අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-11)On June 9, 2024, the Silumina newspaper reported the tragic death of a 19-year-old woman. The report referred to the deceased woman using the term “surupi” (සුරූපී), which contributes to harmful stereotypes and sexual ... -
ව්යසනයක් අතරතුර වාර්තා කටයුතුවල නිරත වීමට මාධ්යවේදීන් සඳහා ප්රවේශයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-03)On June 03, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a set of guidelines to be followed when reporting on disaster situations. -
“රූමත්” බව අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-10)On May 30, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper reported a murder incident, and on May 31, 2024, the Lankadeepa newspaper reported an incident of a drunk person trespassing into a house. In both reports, the newspapers unnecessarily ... -
“සිපගැනීමක්” ද? බාල වයස් ලිංගික අතවරයන් සැහැල්ලු කොට දැක්වීමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-05)On June 04, 2024, Dinamina newspaper reported a case of sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl by a tuition teacher. The newspaper used a trivial headline containing the derogatory term “Gura” (ගුරා) and “Sipagath” (සිපගත්). ... -
"කොට කොට යනවා" යැයි කීවාට විශ්රාමික සෙබළාගේ ගෙල කැපූ කොන්දාට වැඩ වරදී - මෙම සිරස්තලය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-17)On 11 January 2024, Dinamina newspaper reported an incident in which a bus conductor injured a passenger. The headline used the derogatory term "Konda" (කොන්දා), which could contribute to marginalising the profession and ... -
කාන්තාවක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමට තැත් කිරීම සහ ඇයව ගම්වාසීන් සහ පොලිසිය විසින් බේරා ගැනීම රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-01)On May 30, 2024, TV Derana and Hiru TV reported that a woman attempted suicide and was rescued by villagers and the police. Both channels did not mention any helpline numbers in their reporting and described how she attempted ... -
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම: උපකාරක අංක සඳහන් කර නැත!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-07)On June 06, 2024, TV Derana reported on the suicide of a boy without mentioning any helplines and described the method of suicide in their coverage, which is a violation of media ethical guidelines. -
ලිංගික අපරාධ සුළු කොට නොදක්වමු?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-29)On January 23, 2024, the Dinamina newspaper reported an incident in which a person was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 21-year-old woman. In the headline, the newspaper used the derogatory term “Athapatha Ge” ... -
මැතිවරණ වසර දෙකකට කල් දැමීමට රංගේ බණ්ඩාර කළ යෝජනාවට එල්ල වූ විරෝධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔහු යළිත් මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දැක්වීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී රාත්රී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-04)On June 03, 2024, the General Secretary of the United National Party, Range Bandara, held a media briefing at Sirikotha, the party headquarters, regarding the proposed postponement of the presidential and general elections ... -
ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-18)On January 11, 2024, Sinhala newspapers reported the murder of a female Civil Aviation Officer, who was killed with a sharp weapon near the Kahathuduwa Expressway entrance on January 9, 2024, and the subsequent arrest of ... -
2023 වර්ෂය තුළ වැඩි වශයෙන්ම උල්ලංඝනය වී තිබූ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම තුන සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම උල්ලංඝනය කිරීම් අතින් ඉහළින්ම සිටින පුවත්පත් තුන
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-30)On January 30, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published two infographics featuring charts that compare the instances of the three most violated media ethics in 2023 and the three newspapers with the highest number of media ... -
මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යංශය මඟින් පැවැත්වූ මාධ්ය සාකච්ඡාව රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-20)On January 18, 2024, the Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, conducted a media briefing with the heads of five departments from the Ministry of Public Security. This infographic shows how television channels reported ... -
කැලණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ සිසුන් පැවැත්වූ විරෝධතාවය රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-31)On January 30, 2024, television news channels reported that police used tear gas and high-pressure water cannons to disperse a protest by the Kelaniya University Students' Union on January 29, 2024. It was held against the ... -
මාර්ගගත සුරක්ෂිතතා පනතට එරෙහිව දියත උයන මංසන්ධියේ පැවැත්වූ විරෝධතාවය රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-29)On January 24, 2024, the Socialist Youth Union and Civil Society Organisations held a protest against the Online Act on the Security of Online Systems at the Diyatha Uyana intersection in Baththaramulla. Sirasa, Hiru TV, ... -
“සුද්දෝ ඩබලක්”? “විදේශිකයෝ දෙදෙනෙක්”? - "සුද්දෝ" ලේබල් කිරීම් අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-30)On December 26, 2024, Dinamina and Aruna newspapers reported that two foreigners defrauded a gemstone merchant in Rathnapura. Dinamina used the derogatory term "Suddo dabalak" (සුද්දෝ ඩබලක්) in its headline, which promotes ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයන් සැහැල්ලු කොට වාර්තා නොකරමු! - මෙම ප්රවෘත්ති වාර්තා අතරින් ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-31)On January 29, 2024, Aruna, Lankadeepa and Dinamina newspapers reported the arrest of an individual for the alleged sexual harassment of a female police officer. The headlines in Lankadeepa and Aruna trivialised the incident. ...